Hebrew noun (masculine) · H3336
יֵצֶר
yetseryay'-tser
intention
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yêtser
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3336is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3336
a form; figuratively, conception (i.e. purpose)
The King James renders it: frame, thing framed, imagination, mind, work.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yetser is rendered "intention". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
Genesis 6:5יֵ֙צֶר֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in six of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- inclination of2
- an inclination1
- and a pot1
- form his1
- form our1
- intention its1
- the inclination of1
- to inclination of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יֵ֣צֶר2
- וְיֵ֛צֶר1
- יֵ֙צֶר֙1
- יֵ֥צֶר1
- יִצְר֗וֹ1
- יִצְרוֹ֙1
- יִצְרֵ֑נוּ1
- לְיֵ֥צֶר1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular1HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcmsc/Sp1bp
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
two uses
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- יֵ֙צֶר֙yetzernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the inclination of
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- יֵ֣צֶרyetzernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: inclination of
Deuteronomy
one use
And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- יִצְר֗וֹyitzronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: intention its
1 Chronicles
two uses
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- יֵ֥צֶרyetzernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: inclination of
O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.
- לְיֵ֥צֶרleyetzerpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to inclination of
Psalms
one use
For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
- יִצְרֵ֑נוּyitzrenunoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: form our
Isaiah
two uses
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
- יֵ֣צֶרyetzernoun · masculine singulartagged: an inclination
You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
- וְיֵ֛צֶרveyetzerconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a pot
Habakkuk
one use
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- יִצְרוֹ֙yitzronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: form his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.